Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Genesis / Joseph / Joseph thrown into the well (Gen. 37:23-24)
Old Testament / Genesis / Jacob's life in Egypt and his death / Joseph receives Jacob in Egypt (Gen. 46:29)
Old Testament / Genesis / Jacob's life in Egypt and his death / Joseph presents his father and his brothers to Pharaoh (Gen. 47:7-10)
Old Testament / Exodus / The oppression of the Israelites / Pharaoh commands the midwives to kill all boys (Exod. 1:15-16)
Old Testament / Exodus / Childhood of Moses / Birth of Moses (Exod. 2:1-2)
Old Testament / Exodus / Childhood of Moses / Moses is left in the Nile (Exod. 2:3)
Old Testament / Exodus / Moses and the burning bush / Moses sees a burning bush and approaches (Exod. 3:1-3)
Old Testament / Exodus / The Crossing of the Red Sea / Moses stretches out his hands and the water recedes (Exod. 14:21)
Old Testament / Exodus / The Crossing of the Red Sea / Moses stretches out his hand again, and the sea returns (Exod. 14:26-28)
Old Testament / Exodus / The Crossing of the Red Sea / The Israelites praise God (Exod. 15:1-22) / The Israelites as a crowd
Old Testament / Exodus / The Giving of the Law on Sinai / Moses bearing the tables of the Law
Old Testament / Exodus / The Tabernacle / The tabernacle completed
Old Testament / Exodus / The Golden Calf / The worship of the Golden Calf (Exod. 32:6)
Old Testament / Numbers / The death of Miriam, Waters of Meribah (Num. 20) / The waters of Meribah (Num. 20:7-13) / Scene
Old Testament / Numbers / The Brazen Serpent (Num. 21:1-9) / The Israelites look at the serpent and are healed (Num. 21:9)
Old Testament / Psalms / Cycles / The Utrecht Psalter and related manuscripts / Paris Psalter - original drawings

Further details

row 1: Jacob arrives in Egypt; Jacob introduced to Pharaoh; Pharaoh orders killing of Israelite boys; row 2: Birth and exposure of Moses; Burning Bush; Passage through Red Sea; Row 3: Pharaoh drowns; Rejoicing; Commandments and Golden Calf; Row 4: Tabernacle; Brazen Serpent; Waters of Meribah

Artist or creator

Canterbury (Christ Church)

Date

1180 - 1200

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 8846

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 2r.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Henri Omont, Psautier illustré (XIIIe siècle). Reproduction des 107 miniatures du manuscrit Latin 8846 de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 1906, plate 3

Find out more

Web resources

Gallica (digitised version)

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
IIIF manifest for this object